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ICTs for development:from e-Readiness to e-Awareness

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Executive Master in e-Governance

e-Gov 2007/2008New Institutional Designs for a Changing World.

Module 3. Barcelona Week.

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Information and Communication Technologies for Development: ICT4DThe concept of access and the measurement of the Knowledge SocietyDigital Divide: a holistic approache-Readiness and Web 2.0 for e-Governance in Developing Countries

Index

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ICTs for Development

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NEW Information and Communication Technologies

Old ones:– radio– phone– TV– printed press

New ones:– digital content– Internet (e-mail,

WWW…)– mobile phone

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INFORMATION and COMMUNICATION TechnologIES

Information:– databases– information– knowledge

managementCommunication: – broadcasting– p2p– networking

Technologies– multiplatform– multichannel– empowering

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Information Society? (1/3)

(back to the ) Production functionLand and LabourIndustrial Revolution: Land, Labour and Capital… Revolution? Land, Labour, Capital and Information/Knowledge/Technology/…

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Information Society? (2/3)

Information as input, tool and outputUse information to get– more information– better (quality) information

Raw data Digitalization TransformationEnrichment

Rich dataInformation?Knowledge?

SPEED!

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Information Society? (3/3)

Information SocietyInformational SocietyKnowledge Based SocietyNetworked Society

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THIRD Industrial Revolution

Industrial revolution:– iron– steam engineSecond industrial revolution: – steel – internal-combustion engineDigital revolution– information– computers

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ICTs and Development (1/6)

Changes in EconomyEfficiencyEfficacyPRODUCTIVITY

Changes in SocietyIdentityInteraction / CommunicationCulture / Creation

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ICTs and Development (2/6)

Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang, Alexander Pittand Seth Ayers.World Bank (2003) ICT & Development

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ICTs and Development (3/6)

Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang, Alexander Pitt and SethAyers.World Bank (2003) ICT & Development

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ICT and Development (4/6)

Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang, Alexander Pitt and Seth Ayers.World Bank (2003) ICT & Development

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ICTs and Development: the MDG (5/6)

ICTs necessary forInvestmentLivelihood supportEntrepreneurship

ICTs facilitateCost-effective public servicesCost-effective private services Nishimoto, S. & Lal, R. (2005). “Development

divides and digital bridges: why ICT is key for achieving the MDGs”. In Commonwealth Secretariat (Ed.)

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ICTs and Development: key issues (6/6)

Healthe-HealthGenomics

Educatione-LearningBlended Learningm-Learning

Governancee-Governancee-Governmente-Administratione-Democracye-Participation

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Access and measurement of the Information Society

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What is Access

The Broadcasting modelEmphasis on the active receiverFreedom of choiceAccess = Range of products on offer

Telecommunications modelEmphasis on the senderCapacity to get one’s message outAccess = Means of communication

Raboy, M. (1998). “Global Communication policy and human rights”. In Noll, R. G. & Price, M. E. (Eds.), A communications cornucopia: Markle Foundation essays on information policy

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Digital Opportunity IndexInternational TelecommunicationUnion

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Digital Divide Index / InfostateOrbicom

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ICT Opportunity IndexUNCTAD

International TelecommunicationUnion

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OECD Key ICT IndicatorsOECD

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e-Readiness RankingsThe EconomistIntelligenceUnit

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Networked Readiness IndexWorld Economic Forum

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Digital Divide:a holistic approach

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What is the Digital Divide? (1/3)

ITU (2006). World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report 2006: Measuring ICT for social and economic development.

BUT: In 1994, developed countries were almost 5 points ahead than developing in mobile penetration. Ten years later, they are 58 points ahead.

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What is the Digital Divide? (2/3)

ITU (2006). World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report 2006: Measuring ICT for social and economic development.

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What is the Digital Divide? (3/3)

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Fostering the Information Society

? DevelopmentICTs

? ICTsPolicies

measure test impact

measuretest efficiency/efficacy

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5 tier approach to e-Readiness

Digital Literacy Content andServices

Legal framework

ICT Sector

Infrastructures

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Problems with the Telecomm approach (1/2)

Infrastructure Capacitation

Regulation

Services

Industry

ICTs ≈ Infrastructure

hard, soft, connectivity

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Problems with the Telecomm approach (2/2)

? DevelopmentICTs

? ICTsPolicies

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Problems with the e-Readiness approach (1/2)

Infrastructure Capacitation

Regulation

Services

Industry

ICTs ≈ Economy

hard, soft, connectivity digital literacy ICT Sector

digital content, OA, virtual communities, B2B, P2P, B2C, G2G, G2B

cyberlaw, infrastructure regulation, internet governance, privacy, censorship

“analogue economy” indicators

Problems with the e-Readiness approach (1/2)

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Problems with the e-Readiness approach (2/2)

? DevelopmentICTs

? ICTsPolicies

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e-Readiness for e-Governance

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Digital Divide and e-Governance (1/2)

• Technological literacy• Informational literacy• Media literacy• e-Awareness

Digital Literacy

• Hardware• Software• Connectivity

TechnologicalInfrastructures

• Locally relevant content• Content creation, transmission & commercialization

• e-Comunication among individuals and communities

• Presence in the Net & virtual communities

• e-Services• e-Public Sector

Content, Community & Services

• TelCos Law• Infrastructures Policies• Foreign trade Policies• Intellectual property and patents• ICT Sector fostering

LegalFrame-work

• Infrastructures Policies• R+D+I Policies • Educative Policy

• Intellectual property and patents• Data protection• Identity in the Net• Information Society Law

• Content Policies• e-Communication Policies• Distance learning Policies• Internet Governance• Foreign trade Policies• Participative Democracy• ICT4D

• Infrastructure installation• Infrastructure maintenance• Infrastructure creation

ICT Sector

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• Infrastructures in institutions• Infrastructures for agents working with the institutions

• Connection among institutions and with agents

• Infrastructures maintenance• Creation of specific databases, applications for public/private sectors

• Human resources capacitation• Awareness en corresponding e-sector

• Information and user/customer feedbacking

• Transparency & monitoring

• Processes shared management• Data sharing and agents relationship/networking

• Participation in decision stages

Digital Literacy

• Infrastructure creation/maintenance capacitation

• Functional literacy

Technological infrastructures• PC in institutions and agents• Affordable generic and specific software

• Affordable quality connectivity

Content, Community & Services

• Information about institutions and agents

• Specific/sectorial information, content, procedures

• Use of the Net among agents and institutions

• e-Services• e-Public Sector

ICT Sector & Content and Servicese-Readiness

• Realistic and progressive goals setting in the field of digital divide and e-sectors development

• Identification of promoters (agents, institutions)

• Sponsors participation and involvement

• Prescriptors system

• Internal organization and coordination. Legal and political accompanying measures

Leadership

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